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4013-23: “Not a Real Doctor”: Reducing Professional Stigma of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners

This presentation describes the ongoing exclusion and discrimination of PMHNPs by other health care professionals. Learners will gauge the severity of the problem and feel empowered with new knowledge of how to be an effective leader and intervene against incivility and hostility against our profession.

Presenter:  Lisa Anderson, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  30 minutes

Target Audience:  APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Identify two interventions for promoting equity and inclusivity of PMHNPs as valued members of a multidisciplinary team.

Keywords:  Interprofessional, Stigma, Inclusivity

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.5 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 37th Annual Conference
Lake Buena Vista, FL

Access to this course will end:  November 30, 2026

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